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- Adult 31.000.- ISK
- Children 0-12 15.500.- ISK
Total
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Transportation
Jeep
Maximum 14 participants per jeep
Minimum in tour
2 adults or minimum rate
Departure time: 8:00
Pick-up is 15 min before departure
Duration
7 - 8 hours
Note:
This tour includes much slow walk through rugged terrain
Bring with you
Good shoes Lunch pack Water
The force of Mother Nature
Transportation: Van
Operated: Summer time
Highlights: Víti explosion crater ● The untouched Gjastykki
Experience this unique terrain that bears sign of the forces possessed within Mother Nature. The still active volcanic area Gjástykki, 5 km north of Mt. Krafla, is one of Iceland´s best spot to explore how the tectonic movement of the North American and Eurasian systems takes place.
Several hours are spent exploring still-steaming area of incredible multi-coloured slag spewed up in the 1984 Krafla eruptions.
The Lonely Planet author, Deanna Swaney, wrote after going on a Gjástykki tour.
“The wild and little visited landscapes at the northern end of the Krafla fissures may be fresh from the centre of the earth, but at times, they don’t seem very terrestrial. On (the) Gjástykki tour we get a unique closeup perspective on this otherworldly scene”
| Operated: | 16th June - 30th November |
| Daily upon request | |
| Departure from: | Akureyri |
| Meeting point: | Saga Travel in Akureyri Centre |
| Hotel or airport pick-up always available | |
| Included: | Fully guided tour and transportation |
| Note: | Reservation is necessary |
| Refreshments are not included in tour price | |
| Our stop at the Café is quite late on the tour We therefore recommend a pre-packed lunch. |
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| Due to weather and/or road conditions we might have to alter the itinerary, have longer journey time or cancellation of the tour | |
| Trail: | Akureyri. |
| Lake Mývatn | |
| Krafla | |
| Víti Explosion Crater | |
| Gjástykki | |
| Akureyri |
Did you know?
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Iceland is the most sparsely
populated country in Europe.
Less than 3 people
live per square km -
Iceland was in 1980 the first
democratic country in the world
to elect a female president -
Average January temperature
in Reykjavik, at around zero,
is actually higher than in New York. -
The highest and lowest temperature ever recorded in Iceland.
+ 30.5°C / 86.9°F
- 38.0°C / 36.4°F -
Iceland has had four names:
Ultima Thule, Gardarsholmi,
Snćland and then Iceland
from around 960 -
Iceland was the last country
in Europe to be settled -
Icelanders believe in elves...
...seriously -
The Arctic Fox
was the first mammal to
settle in Iceland -
Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday
are named after the Nordic Gods:
Tyr, Odin, Thor and Frey -
The highest and lowest temperature
ever recorded in Iceland
+ 30.5°C / 86.9 °F
- 38.0°C / 36.4 °F -
Less than 1.5 million Icelanders
have ever been born -
The shortest day this year is
21st December
Sunrise at 11:22
Sunset at 15:30
= 4 hours and 8 minutes
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In Iceland are no
snakes, lizards, bats,
or mosquitoes -
There is only 3 kinds of weather in Iceland.
Very Good - Good - Refreshing -
Beer was not allowed
in Iceland until
1st March 1989 -
The distance between
Iceland and Greenland
is shorter than the road between
Akureyri and Reykjavik -
Iceland has twice as many
sheep as people
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